Toy pistol



Sept. 11 1923.

L. S. BIXLER TOY PISTOL Filed Feb. 26, 1923 WITNESSES :illllilllllll //VI/E N TOR L. 5. Bum/ 1 A TTORNE Y8 Patented Sept. 11, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE},

LEWIS SHARPS BIXLER, 0F KENTON, OHIO.

TOY PISTOL.

Application filed February 26, 1923.

To all whom it may camera.-

Be it known that I, Lewis S. BIXLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Kenton, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Toy Pistol, of which the followin is a full,clear, and exact description.

his invention relates to improvements in toys and has particularreference to a toy pistol.

An object of the invention is to provide improved means for preventinginjury to the operator, due to back fire or flash, when the pistol isoperated to explode the paper ca s.

Another object is to insure the explosion of a paper cap by theprovision of a novel construction of anvil and hammer, the former ofwhich is designed to receive and properly position the cap in the pathof movement of the striking face of the hammer, which face is formed sothat the same will always contact the portion of the cap containing theexplosive regardless of the position of the cap in the anvil.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetail description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inven tiveidea..

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pistol constructed inaccordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevation of one of the sections of the pistolillustrating the relation of the anvil and hammer when the latter is inits operated position;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary edge elevation with the hammer shown insection;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 1; and

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the hammer.

The pistol is shown as comprising a pair of sections 7 and 8 which, whencombined and secured together in the ordinary manner, form the barrel 9and handle 10. At the rear end of the barrel the pistol. is.

Serial No. 621,365.

provided with an anvil 11, the ends of which have the inturned opposedportions 12 forming a cap receiving recess 13 extending transversely ofthe barrel. The bottom of the recess is grooved, as best indicated at 14in Figure 3, and said groove cooperates with the inturned portions 12 toproperly position a paper cap on the anvil so as to be in the path ofmovement of the hammer 15 when the same is operated to explode the cap.

The hammer 15 includes the usual arm 16 which is pivoted between thesections 7 and 8 in the customary manner and engaged by a leaf spring 17for exerting the proper pressure on the hammer when the trigger portion18 is pulled rearwardly. The body portion of the hammer is ofsubstantially triangular formation in side elevation having its frontend straight or fiat to provide the striking face 19 and its rear edgecurved. The body portion of the hammer including the striking face is ofless width than the distance between the adjacent edges of the inturnedportions 12 of the anvil so that when the hammer is operated said bodyportion will be free to move between said edges and the striking faceengaged with the anvil 11. The length of the st-riking face 19 issubstantially the same as the depth of the recess 13 so as to insure theengagement of the striking face with the portion of the paper capcontaining the explosive when the hammer is operated.

The rear curved edge of the body portion of the hammer is widened toprovide an arcuate flange 20 having portions extending laterally fromthe side faces of the body portion so that the-flange is disposed in aplane transverse to the handle and barrel of the pistol. The flangeconforms to the curvature of the rear edge of the body portion and is ofa width substantially equal to that of the anvil 11 and overlaps saidanvil with the forward portion of the flange overhanging the inturnedportions 12 when the hammer is in its operated position. By reason ofthis construction, it will be obvious that when a cap is exploded by theoperation of the hammer, any back fire or flash from said cap will bedeflected by the flange 20 and be prevented from passing rearwardlythereof, thus insuring against injury to the operator.

What is claimed is:

In a toy pistol, an anvil having inturned portions at oppositesidesthereof .and a groove at its bottom to provide "a recess forreceiving a paper cap. a hammer having a striking face of less Widththan the distance between said inturned portions and a. length 10 anvilso as to overlap said anvil when the 15 handle is in its operatedposition.

LEWIS SHARPS B'IXLER.

